MILKING SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2206, 20 July 1914, Page 8

MILKING SHORTHORN ASSOCIATION

,(By v TelesTrana.—HDooial OorresDondent.), ;. Palmerstcn North, July 18. The council of tho Milking Shorthorn Association at a meeting on Thursday decided to notify the judges that no crossbred females would be accepted for the Herd Book which the association is now The advanced regis : I ter will bo confined to those animals which have passed the semi-official test according to age. The various agricultural associations will be asked to provide classes for milking Shorthorns at. shows.. Entries liave been received for the Herd Book totalling 300, and the judges will now proceed with their inspection. The membership totals dO. Numerous letters have been from all parts of the Dominion congratulating'and encouraging the association in .respect of its initiation of a. Shorthorn Herd Book for the milking strain. A meeting of .the Ground Committee of the Wairarapa and East Coast P. and A. Society was held on iFriday afternoon. Mr. C. Morgan presiding. Tho committee endorsed the reconimon-. dation of the horse , stewards that ninety hew horse-stalls be erected. '•' The chairman was authorised to procure the required timber for , new buildings to be erected on the showgrounds. Why is it that, home separation is becoming more popular with tho farmers? There are many reasons, but one is that by feeding your stock on your own skim milk, they become more valuable, and the practical and up-10-date farmer knows that good stock is going to tell in this country for many years to come. Prices are going to go up all the time. We can <Io with your cream. Write us for particulars, or rail your cream at pnee to St. John's Station, c.o. Wanganui Fresh Food and Ice Co.—Advt. Ever considered the advisability of installing a water-wheel on your property? 'There's a lot of power running to waste in that swift stream—enough to drive all your farm machinery. This is a good sound proposition—moans money to you. Write fpr particulars. A. J. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Car-, torton—Advt.